Wow, we are already on Week 3 of our Ten Year Anniversary Celebration! Time sure goes by fast when there is so much going on! Today, we are featuring the #6 bestselling items. Head on over to our Celebration Page for the selection of products that made it to the #6 spot! Remember, the 10% off coupon code is only available for a limited time. The offer ends on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Midnight Pacific Time.

Tomorrow, we will be announcing the Week 3 Giveaway items! Stay tuned for more!

With no economic data coming through and with the next date for a fiscal debate yet to be set I am making the final holiday purchasing decisions in the dark. It will be interesting to see if my gut feeling was right or wrong.

The forecast for this year points to moderate growth. I think that December this year can post better-than-expected growth over last year because last year was disappointing. I am pretending that the default will not happen and that our politicians will be gracious enough this year to keep themselves out of the spotlight until January or later.

After the last Bernanke postponement, I have noticed that interest rates, including mortgage rates, have dropped and the housing market, which seemed to have fallen dormant is definitely showing signs of revival in my neighborhood–whether this is a national trend we’ll get to see when economic data resumes.

In summary, the economy seems to be holding up its slow, but growing, pace. I also still think that a real recovery (sustained 3% growth or higher for at least a couple of years) could happen before the next recession hits. Yet, that is starting to look like wishful thinking because our fiscal policy appears to be leaning towards austerity for a while. Perhaps I should stop wishing for it as a mild recovery might be a sign of the necessary de-leveraging of household and it might suggest that the next recession will be milder than the last.

Now that we are on the 10th day of our 10-year anniversary celebration, the bestselling items and giveaways are getting better and better! Check out our Celebration Page for 10% off of the #7 bestselling items of all time! This offer will be good through Friday, October 11, 2013 Midnight Pacific Time, so hurry on over!

We will be posting the #6 bestsellers next week on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 and Week 3 Giveaways next Wednesday! More goodies are on the way!

Today is the second Wednesday of October, meaning…we have another giveaway going on! Two randomly selected winners will be announced next Wednesday and the Week 3 giveaways will begin! But first, let’s see who the winners of Week 1’s Giveaways were:

Today starts Week 2 of our Ten Year Anniversary Celebration! We are featuring our #8 bestselling items on our Celebration Page so come take a look at what we are offering! The 10% off coupon code will be good through Wednesday, October 9th, 2013 Midnight PDT.

We will be posting the #7 bestsellers on Thursday, October 10, 2013 and Week 2 Giveaways tomorrow! Keep checking back and tell your friends! We have lots of things going on this month. 🙂

Without an employment report published for September it is hard to tell how things are going. My sense was, and still is, that things were beginning to get better, and by that I mean that the economy was finally taking a step in the right direction towards the goal of solid economic growth–which is still far away–after months of stagnation triggered by the Bernanke announcement.

It is also possible that we will never get to that stage in this business cycle that began almost six years ago. Yet this cycle might be particularly long because the economy might never sustain a growth rate greater than 3%. As of today, I have to also keep believing that some people in Washington will not let us come near to a debt default because if that were to happen none of this discussion would even matter.

After seven games played Roma (21) has won seven games, scored 20 goals and allowed just 1 (in a 3-1 victory). On Saturday Roma beat Inter (14) in Milan and proved that it can handle any team, anywhere, even one with some aspirations. Next week Roma plays Napoli at home, the only other team with concrete championship ambitions. Should Roma lose or tie, then the race will be deceptively open and Napoli will look like an equal favorite. I think that the chances of that happening are small, yet the ball is round and if Napoli tied at home against Sassuolo anything can happen. By this I mean that I wouldn’t be surprised if Roma’s first misstep were to come next Sunday.

Napoli (19) won 4-0, Juventus (19) beat Milan 3-2 in convincing fashion for a change, Verona (13) climbed into fifth place after a 4-1 victory in Bologna. Lazio (11) and Fiorentina (12) tied and fell to seventh and sixth place respectively.

Next week Juventus (who is in second place thanks to 4 referee points) plays Fiorentina in Florence. If it wins it will climb into second place and people will begin to forget its recent faux-pas. So next week Roma has a huge chance to distance the only two teams who are still close. Will it happen? I would like to keep things interesting.

Inter, instead, has gained just one point in two games: it is really starting to look like a second tier team which is dangerously getting ready to fall apart. It will be really interesting to see if Inter can go to Torino and come home with a win.

Milan with 8 points looks in disarray. I’ve seen them make crazy comebacks before, but they are 13 points behind after 7 games. It is beginning to look pretty unlikely.

The best feeling in the world is when you realize that the work that you do not only helps others, but it also helps you. I have fallen in love with many Marcopoloni products, but I’ve become inseparable with two of them: the SNAPLINK key chain and the DANIELE belt pouch

Chiara had just gone to the dentist and since the dentist is by our office she came by our office afterwards. But since she is full of life and questions it soon started looking to be pretty pointless to stay at the office. So we left and stopped by the grocery store on the way home. As I start making my way through the isles with Chiara sitting in the cart, I notice a wobbly head. So I quickly go to the coffee counter… no, just kidding. So I grab a couple more things as I try to rush out of there but by the time I get to the register she has fallen asleep, awakened, and asked me to hold her.

Fear not my daughter because daddy has been preparing for a moment like this for years! I go through the checkout and reaching for my wallet is a piece-of-cake one-handed task. Unbutton the Daniele, slide the wallet out, set it down, get the card out, slide it, and, whoohoo! The bill is under $50 so I don’t even have to sign.

The DANIELE belt pouch prevents me from forgetting my essentials and keeps them within easy reach.

I push the cart to the car and reaching for the remote is a breeze with my Snaplink clipped on my belt loop. Unlock the car, open the door gently, accommodate Chiara on her seat and she says: “Thank you for carrying me all the way from the store daddy!”.

I sit in my seat and think: “I’m going to blog about this, and, for once, it will be good!”

The Snaplink leather key chain can save you from zombies AND really help you out day to day.

During the month of October, we are offering our Top 10 Bestsellers at 10% off! Today is Day 3, which means we are showcasing our #9 bestsellers! Follow this link to grab your coupon code for the #9 bestselling items! This offer will be good through the end of Friday, October 4, 2013 (Pacific Time) so don’t miss out!

We will be posting the #8 bestsellers next week on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 and Week 2 Giveaways next Wednesday! Keep an eye out for more goodies!

Today is day 2 of our month-long anniversary celebration and, like every Wednesday this October, we are announcing two giveaways, no purchase necessary. The two winners will be randomly picked and announced next Wednesday.